Item Description: London, UK: HarperCollins / Harper Collins edition, 1994 (actually 2002 ), 1st and Later Printings, London, England, 2002. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good (see description). Movie Tie-in Cover (illustrator). Later and/or First Printings. ----------3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), paperbacks, all are Good to Very Good copies with light wear and spine creases, all are in movie tie-in covers, housed in a Very Good matching slipcase, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Not Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 155527

Item Description: London, UK: HarperCollins / Harper Collins edition, 1994 (actually 2002 ), 1st and Later Printings, London, England, 2002. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good (see description). Movie Tie-in Cover (illustrator). Later and/or First Printings. ----------3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), paperbacks, all are Good to Very Good copies with light wear and spine creases, all are in movie tie-in covers, housed in a Very Good matching slipcase, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Not Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 160483

Item Description: London, UK: Unwin Paperbacks, 1985, 1st Boxed Issue Thus, all are Later Printings, London, England, 1985. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good (see description). Pauline Baynes cover Art (illustrator). Later printing(s). ----------3 volumes (one shipping charge), paperbacks, all are Good to Very Good copies with light wear and spine creases, all have pauline baynes cover art as does the slipcase, cover art is uncredited but it is by PB, housed in a Very Good+ matching slipcase, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Not Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 161286

Item Description: Quality Paperback Book Club, New York, 2001. Soft Covers. Book Condition: Near Fine. J. R. R. Tolkien (illustrator). 1st Thus Quality Paperback Editions. -----The scans you see are the books you get. Large soft covers/trade. All three books are in Near Fine condition, flat uncreased spines, 423, 352, 440 pages plus maps, no names, cover art by J. R. R. Tolkien. Books are: "The Lord of the Rings" (in 3 volumes) book one "The Fellowship of the Ring" / book two "The Two Towers" / book three "The Return of the King" -the complete 3 volume set in matching covers. Check out the scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Bookseller Inventory # 010484

Item Description: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston, 1965. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Revised Second Edition. Three volumes COMPLETE tan octavo and green deorative paper covered slipcase. The Fellowshipe of the Ring, 423 pp. plus 2 page map.; The Two Towers, 352 pp. plus 2 page map; The Return of the King, 440 pp. inicluding extensive index, plus 2 page map. Also Appendices A-F including (inter alia) "Annals of the Kings" with Genealogical Chaet,; a 5 page appendix consisting of Family Trees; Description of Various Calendars and Languages and Writing with Table of Runes. The foreword by Professor Tolkien was written specifically by Professor Tolkine and he has made number of emendations to the text , and prepared new appendices and an index which appear only in this Revised Second Edtion. This is a very presentable and useful set. All bindings are tight and square and there are no marks, underlining, notes, highlighting etc. to distract the reader. Likewise there is no soil, damp, dust, foxing to the pages which are all clean and bright. There is light creasing to the spine of all three volumes from careful reading. `The lower forecorner of Volume II is creased across the corner along with the first 18 pages. The slipcase is large for the three volumes, suggesting a substituion. All covers are bright and clean. The decorative slipcase is slightly rubbed but sound and sturdy, showing no sign of weakness or splitting. Overall a very good plus full set of this rather scarce Revised Second Edition. , This set contains a great deal of new, ancilllary material whcih did not appear in the first edition of the epic as well as significant small changes from Tolkien in the text. This is a scholar's set rather than a collector's set, very clean, sound and unmarked. SCARCE. Bookseller Inventory # 10052

Item Description: Toronto, ON: Methuen ( George Allen and Unwin ), 1975, Later ( 7th ) Printing for All ( 1st Canadian Boxed Edition ), Toronto, Ontario, 1977. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good (see description). Pauline Baynes (illustrator). Later printing(s). ----------3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), in a slipcase, paperbacks, all are Very Good or better copies, some faint spine creases, some light cover wear, ink name in each, some age toning to paper, these 3 books are in an original slipcase, light wear and rubbing on the slipcase, solid clean copies, all 3 books and the slipcase sport Pauline Baynes artwork, each volume was originally issued with a $1.95 original price, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Not Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 159780

Item Description: Methuen Publications, 1971. Book Condition: Good. Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Bookseller Inventory # GRP97193441

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin. Book Condition: Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. 3 volume set. 2nd editions, revised, 4th, 3rd and 3rd printings. No ISBNs. Book club with indents to rear corners, no price on jackets. Hardcovers. 8vo. 423, 352, 440 pgs. 3 fold out maps. Very good to near fine in very good dust jackets. Light foxing spots to fore edge of vol 1. All contents clean and bindings sound. Vol 1 jacket torn at spine head, vols 2 and 3 have small edge tears. Laid in is an obituary for Tolkien from the Washington Post 9-3-1973. In a very good plus slipcase. Inquire if you need further information. Bookseller Inventory # B30641-SF-TOL

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, Boston, 1965. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Endition, Revised. Bright, unfaded dust jackets and very good slip case. Fellowship Fourth Pringting W 1965, dust jacket very good plus with some ledge rubbing to top and bottom of spine and top of back flap. Printers blemish in margin of prolog and some staining in margins, text clean binding sound and tight,; Two Towers Third Printing W 1965, very small chip to top of dust jacket spine, small closed tear in center and light rubbing to bottom and top of back flap. Clean text and foldout map.; Return Third Printing W 1965. Small chip to top of dust jacket spine and rubbing to bottom and tiny closed tear to bottom front panel. Clean text and foldout map. Additional Postage Required, please inquire with zip, postal code or country. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookseller Inventory # 043896

Item Description: Toronto, ON: Methuen edition ( George Allen and Unwin ), 1976, 1975, 1975, 1975, First and Later Printing ( 1st Canadian boxed Set ), Toronto, Ontario, 1977. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description ). J R R Tolkien cover Art (illustrator). Later and/or First Printings. ----------4 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), in a slipcase, paperback, all are Very Good to Very Good+ copies, a bit of light wear, faint stress lines (not creases) on spines, offered as a slipcased set by the publisher with the title HEROIC TALES (the only JRRT issue with this title), The Hobbit has Tolkien cover art and depicts Smaug asleep on his treasure horde, the other three volumes have Pauline Baynes (uncredited) artwork and are in uniform format and condition, all in a lightly rubbed Very Good slipcase, old price sticker on slipcase, , this is not a UK issue but is a Canadian Methuen issue, looks quite nice overall, all 3 LOTR volumes are later printings ( 8th ) from 1975, Hobbit is a 1st printing and is dated 1976, I suspect that this is the FIRST Issue of this set as The Hobbit is a 1st printing, later issues would have had later printings of The Hobbit ( which I have had in the past and which included Magnum as part of the publisher info [ Methuen/Magnum -not just Methuen ] --), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Not Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 159779

Item Description: Houghton Mifflin. Book Condition: Fair. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. 3 volume set. Book club edition with indent to rear corners. Hardcovers. 8vo. 423, 352, 440 pgs. B/w and red fold out maps at rear of each. 2nd editions stated on title pgs. Fellowship 6th printing, Towers and King fifth printings. Near very good with no dust jackets. Black cloth with gilt and copper colored design. Light soil to front cover of Fellowship. Spines are sunned. Contents fine. In a good slipcase which has some soil and light edgewear. Inquire if you need further information. Bookseller Inventory # B30124-SF-TOL

Item Description: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1978. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Uniform 3 volume set. Hardbacks with dust jackets. Original burgundy red / maroon cloth boards. All three of these volumes are 1978 printings of the Second Edition. Vol. 1 is an 11th impression of the 2nd edition; Vol. 2 is a 10th impression of the 2nd edition; Vol. 3 is a 10th impression of the 2nd edition. There is a slight musty odour to The Return of the King. Boards are bruised at spine ends and there is a bump to one top corner of The Fellowship of the Ring. Pages are age-toned / tanned and all three have light foxing to outer closed textblock page edges and to the edges of the last few pages. Top edges tinted red. All three bindings are firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The later-style second edition dust jackets - one brown, one purple, one green. All three dust jackets are price clipped. Light bruising and rubs to dust jacket edges and The Two Towers has a short tear at the head of the spine. The Two Towers and The Return of the King have fold-out maps at the back - both in very good condition. The Fellowship of the Ring doesn't have a fold-out map but the removal of it has been well-disguised. pp. 423; 352; 440. A good set. A VERY HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK mainland as this set costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. Small surcharge may apply to UK highlands and islands and N. Ireland; larger surcharge for overseas destinations. NO additional charges for sending within the UK mainland. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Bookseller Inventory # 105961